How to choose a Domain Name

Sigmacomputers can help you set up and register of your chosen domain name; then, if you wish, continue to assist in the control your business or personal website.  

 

Personal website; A Website for you to share with your friends an opportunity to portray yourself / family and fun showing what you have done, or able to do.  Your website can be a contact point whereby where friends can contact you by email, phone, or your prefered choice, giving constant choices and different methods of contact.   Make a family website and have a forum of disscussion which can be made private so only whom you invite can read the comments, show and share photo's, video, and if you wish panoramic views.

 

Business website; A Website for you to share your business to attract customers making a web visit to your company; a great opportunity to show what you have done, or able to do, or goods and or services to sell.    Your website can be a contact point whereby where your customers can contact you by email, phone, or your prefered choice, giving constant choices and different methods of contact.   A secure certificated web site is a standard we offer, with no additional costs.

 

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How to chose a domain name

 

A good domain name can help with the success of your website.  A poorly chosen name, on the other hand, can hinder it's success.

 

Domain name content

 

Make it easy to remember.

 

For a business site, use your business name or a variation of it.

 

Domain name variations
 

To prevent other people from capitalizing on your success, register different extensions of the domain if possible. For example, if you have a .com domain, consider registering the .net, .info, and perhaps other variations. (If you have a country-specific domain extension and your site is primarily for people in that country, having more than one domain is less important.)

 

If your domain has common misspellings, register the misspellings and point them to your site.

 

Generic domains can be useful for advertising.

 

What to avoid (or be careful with) in a domain / business name

 

Numbers can be confusing. Some people will type the number as a numeral, and others will type it as a word. If you really want to use a number in a domain, register it both ways, e.g., superproducts2go.com and superproductstogo.com.

 

Be especially careful with 1 and 0. 1 can look like the letter I, and the number 0 can look like the letter O.

 

In general, pick a domain that is easily spelled when spoken.

 

Hyphens in domains generally aren't a good idea. People will type the domain with and without the hyphens. If you really want hyphens, register the domain with and without them and have both domains point to your website. And if the unhyphenated version isn't available, you're risking losing business to that site because of people who go there when looking for your site.

 

Don't choose a domain name where the plural form could be confusing, for example, ohioschool.com and ohioschools.com. If both aren't available, you risk losing site visitors to the other domain name. For most domains, this isn't a problem. For example, lawyers.com would obviously be a directory, and lawyer.com would be a specific (lucky) lawyer's web site. However, if your domain name in plural form is available, you should register it.

 

Don't choose a domain name that contains double consonants, especially the letter s, such as workssuper.com.

 

If you coin a word or use an uncommon surname for your business name, be prepared for no one to know how to spell it until you've spent millions in branding. Try using common words in your business name instead.

 

Domain name length

 

The shortest domain names are already registered. While you probably can't get a three-letter domain, you can still consider length.

Shorter is generally better. Simply because it's much easier to type, for your visitors to remember and to fit on business cards or other business publications.

 

Longer may be better than shorter when it's a phrase that people can remember easily.

 

Avoid more than three or (at the very most) four words in a domain name.

 

 

 

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